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In the scorching expanse of the merciless Si Wong Desert, two enemies find their fates unexpectedly intertwined. Prince Zuko, having finally abandoned his futile hunt for the Avatar and severed ties with his uncle, wanders the wasteland with nothing but regrets and his stolen ostrich horse. When he discovers Katara collapsed and dying in the sand, he makes a choice that defies everything he's been: he saves her.
Now bound by a lie, the exiled prince and the waterbender must travel together to Ba Sing Se, navigating a fragile alliance built on shared loss, desperate necessity, and the slim hope that doing one right thing might matter in a world defined by war.
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23 Jun 2026
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When Azulon dies and Ozai stages a failed coup, Iroh becomes Fire Lord, adopts his young nephew as his heir, and ends the war. Zuko, raised as a crown prince in a nation now struggling to make amends, enters into an agreement with the heirs of the other nations in a bid to sow peace and develop future unity. Each year, they will travel to each other’s homelands to establish alliances and friendships alike. But with the threat of Ozai still lingering over their heads, is the world truly safe? Can Zuko, Katara, Sokka, Yue, and Toph keep the world from falling back into ruin, when they’ve only just escaped it?
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22 Jun 2026
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Katara grew up in the Southern Water Tribe under the tutelage of Hama, the only waterbender ever to have escaped Fire Nation captivity. When Zuko arrives at the South Pole, seeking the Avatar, they are more than ready to defend him. Iroh watches as his beloved nephew throws himself at the ice walls again and again in an impossible siege–-and resolves to do anything it takes to save his nephew from himself. With the assistance of the Order of the White Lotus, he deposes his brother on the Day of Black Sun.
A week later, the Southern Water Tribe receives a petition for peace, and a proposal of marriage.
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20 Jun 2026
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Zuko takes the lightning strike meant to kill her.
Katara is alone as she struggles to save his life and protect him from within the palace walls.OR
My take on the events immediately post the Last Agni Kai. Katara is alone in an enemy nation, winning the moment due to Zuko's sacrifice, but unknowing whether or not the rest of the Gaang was successful in their missions.
This is an aged up AU where the show takes place over the course of years.
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- Part 2 of The Balance
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05 Jun 2026
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the space between misreading by shinjjuku
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
07 May 2026
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Katara has spent four years learning to read Zuko: the real smile versus the diplomatic one, what his silences mean, the exact weight of the things he doesn't say. She is very good at it. Katara is, somehow, completely unable to read what that says about her. Neither can Zuko. It takes a Fire Nation noble, a Water Tribe ambassador, and Toph's complete lack of patience to finally make them look.
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04 Jun 2026